Vegetables and fruits that increase milk production

Breast milk is rich in carbohydrates and vitamins and is the best source of nutrients for babies. According to statistics, children who grow up drinking breast milk are stronger, better developed, and have higher IQs than babies who grow up drinking formula. Children who grow up drinking breast milk have stronger immunity than children who do not drink breast milk. That's because the nutrients contained in breast milk can be absorbed by the baby. Therefore, many mothers will try their best to improve the quality of their breast milk for the healthy growth of their children. However, some mothers have very little breast milk, which is not enough to meet the baby's needs, and they are powerless. So what are some vegetables and fruits that can increase milk production?

Peanuts: Peanuts can be said to be the most commonly used food to promote lactation. In addition to this, it can also be used for spleen deficiency, nausea, edema, leucorrhea, anemia, various bleeding diseases, as well as dry coughs, dry coughs and long-term coughs.

Water bamboo: Water bamboo has a very good taste and is very nutritious. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that茭白 is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effects of relieving heat and toxins, preventing thirst, promoting defecation and promoting lactation. Nowadays, people often use wild rice stems and pig's trotters to make soup, which is a good food for promoting lactation.

Black sesame: Black sesame contains multiple nutrients needed by the human body. It can accelerate the body's metabolic function. Black sesame is rich in iron, which can help produce blood. It is a good product for postpartum mothers to replenish blood and promote lactation.

Luffa: This is a Chinese herbal medicine that is sweet and cold in nature. If you have breast inflammation due to bleeding, lumps when milk is coming out, or poor milk secretion, Chinese medicine practitioners will recommend that you stew luffa in broth, which can help regulate breast qi and blood, promote lactation, and stimulate the appetite and reduce phlegm.

Tofu: As the saying goes, you are what you eat. If you don’t have enough milk, you can eat more tofu. Tofu not only has the functions of invigorating qi and harmonizing the middle, promoting body fluid and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and detoxifying, but it is also a food that promotes lactation. Boiling tofu, brown sugar, and rice wine in water and drinking it can increase lactation.

Peas: Peas are sweet and mild in nature, and rich in phosphorus. They have the effects of promoting urination, promoting salivation, relieving sores, stopping diarrhea, and promoting lactation. Cooking green peas and eating them lightly or mashing pea sprouts and squeezing them into juice can both increase lactation.

Recommended fruits for promoting lactation are papaya: Papaya is rich in nutrients, containing sugar, dietary fiber, protein, multiple vitamins and minerals. More importantly, papaya contains papain, which has the ability to highly decompose protein, making it easier for the human body to absorb nutrients and can directly impact the secretion of breast milk. In addition, papaya is not only a milk-promoting food, but also a breast-enhancing food.

Fruits rich in vitamins: Some fruits that contain a lot of vitamins are also foods that can help promote lactation, such as kiwi, orange, hawthorn, etc. They are high in vitamin C and calcium, which can prevent postpartum hemorrhage. Moreover, these fruits can help with milk production, especially when the mother's milk ducts are blocked, they can help the mother secrete milk faster.

Fruits rich in iron and protein: such as grapes and red dates, they are foods that can help promote lactation. These fruits are high in iron and can replenish blood, especially grapes, which are a holy product for blood replenishment. Red dates not only replenish blood, but also have the effect of promoting lactation, allowing mothers to produce more milk.